The Wellington region will moved to Orange Level on Friday 3 December.
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Bin Enquiry FormDistrict Plan Change 36 reviewed the Notable Trees chapter of the District Plan (Chapter 14G), and included a complete review of the list of Notable Trees that are protected by the plan.
The plan change also addressed legislative changes relating to blanket protection of trees by partly removing and partly amending the current provisions for vegetation removal in residential areas to bring them in line with the requirements of the Resource Management Act 1991 (“RMA”).
If you have an enquiry about this proposed plan change, including the further submission process, please get in touch with us.
Steps | Status of each step | Related documents |
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Notification (submissions) | Publicly notified on 1 September 2015 Submissions closed on 2 October 2015 |
Proposed District Plan Change 36 (PDF 1 Mb) |
Further Submissions | Further submissions closed on 17 November 2015 | Summary of Submissions (PDF 248 kb) Full Set of Submissions (PDF 6 Mb) Late Submissions (PDF 176 kb) Public Notice (PDF 32 kb) Full Set of Further Submissions (PDF 544 kb) |
Hearing | Hearing held 9 March 2016 | Officer's Report (PDF 482 kb) |
Decision | Decision notified 31 May 2016 | Decision (PDF 772 kb) |
Appeals | Appeal process resolved 23 February 2021 | Listed below |
Notice of Appeal - EHEA (PDF 277 kb)
S274 Notices:
Joint Memorandum of Counsel as to Scope – 30 Sep 2016 (PDF 349 kb)
Minute of the Environment Court – Directions – 5 Oct 2016 (PDF 120 kb)
Legal Submission on Scope – EHEA – 31 Oct 2016 (PDF 670 kb)
Oral Decision of the Environment Court on Scope – 18 Nov 2016 (PDF 675 kb)
Notice of Appeal to the High Court – Scope – EHEA – 1 Dec 2016 (PDF 23 kb)
Outline of Legal Submissions – EHEA – 10 April 2017 (PDF 462 kb)
Synopsis of Legal Submissions - HCC – 21 April 2017 (PDF 215 kb)
High Court Decision on Scope – 12 July 2017 (PDF 1.3 Mb)
Minute of the Environment Court – Timetabling Directions – 8 Jan 2018 (PDF 34 kb)
Memorandum re Timetable Change – EHEA – 7 Feb 2018 (PDF 367 kb)
Minute of the Environment Court – New Timetabling Directions – 14 Feb
2018 (PDF 290 kb)
Evidence of Dr Judy Lawrence - EHEA - 28 Feb 2018 (PDF 7.8 Mb)
Evidence of Dr Linda Mead - EHEA - 28 Feb 2018 (PDF 2.4 Mb)
Evidence of Dr Marie Brown - EHEA - 28 Feb 2018 (PDF 427 kb)
Evidence of Geoff Rashbrooke - EHEA - 28 Feb 2018 (PDF 86 kb)
Memorandum of Counsel Responding to Evidence – HCC – 13 Mar 2018 (PDF 57 kb)
Memorandum re Remedies – EHEA – 21 Mar 2018 (PDF 94 kb)
Brief of Evidence of Andrew Cumming – HCC – 6 April 2018 (PDF 159 kb)
Reply Evidence of Dr Marie Brown – EHEA – 13 April 2018 (PDF 280 kb)
Legal Submissions – HCC – 15 May 2018 (PDF 478 kb)
Legal Submissions – EHEA – 21 May 2018 (PDF 283 kb)
Minute of the Environment Court – Expert Conferencing – 16 May 2018 (PDF 51 kb)
Expert Witness Conferencing Statement – 18 May 2018 (PDF 815 kb)
Minute of the Environment Court – Directions – 24 May 2018 (PDF 156 kb)
Affidavit of Andrew Cumming – 12 June 2018 (PDF 4.5Mb)
Affidavit of Tim Johnstone – 12 June 2018 (PDF 10.1 Mb)
Joint Memorandum of Counsel: Change to PC36 pursuant to Section 293 of
the RMA – 15 June 2018 (PDF 150 kb)
Decision of the Environment Court – Section 293 Process – 3 Oct 2018 (PDF 1.3 Mb)
Public Notice – Section 293 Proposal – 20 Nov 2018 (PDF 31 kb)
Section 293 Proposal - Submissions Received (PDF 3.3 Mb)
Section 293 Proposal – Summary of Submissions (PDF 223 kb)
Environment Court decision - 25 May 2020 (PDF 157 kb)